On tap at Jealous Monk, standard doppel places nutty toffee spicing and candied date sugaring above caramelized chocolate malting, contrasting its overall delicate sweetness with brown leaf foliage.
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PIPEWORKS FINEST DOPPELBOCK
On tap at Ambulance, underwhelmingly thin doppelbock brings faded hazelnut, chestnut and praline subtleties to dewy molasses rye meadow leading to toasted brioche breading.
BLUE POINT COCONATOR DOPPELBOCK
On tap at Hoover’s, waywardly hybridized doppelbock lacks sufficient richness, texture and coconut milking. Mild coconut adjunct lost to faded plum-dried toffee spicing and dewy peat moisture, picking up unusual soured cider sharpness.
CARTON BALINATOR HOP-LESS DOPPELBOCK
Interesting (if not totally convincing) bock hybrid layers medium-roast Blue Moon coffee beans above coarsely dried-fruited peat malts, leaving sweet vanilla and dark chocolate tones in the lurch. Using green Bali coffee beans instead of dry hops, its subtle berry-cherry notions fade too quick while black licorice, cola nut and hazelnut illusions merely waver in an unbalanced mix that’ll satisfy coffee lovers only at the beginning.
CHATHAM DOPPELBOCK
On tap at Ambulance, rangy bock brings mild brown-sugared dried fruiting to caramelized Vienna malting, brown chocolate sweetness and dewy wood-soaked foliage. Spiced fig, date and plum tones crystallize at the finish.
SLY FOX DOPPELBOCK HEFE
On tap at Liberty Craft House, suspect doppel-hefe combo never truly connects both German styles. But its hefe-like banana breading and clove-cinnamon-nutmeg spicing and bock-like toffee-cocoa-pecan conflux offer pleasantries for sweet-toothed brewhounds.
LAGUNITAS LAGUNATOR LAGER
On tap at Bronx Alehouse, stylishly complex off-dry amber-browned dunkel bock retains brown-sugared molasses breading and nutty cocoa malting. Latent citrus souring lags, but sharp hop bite lingers.
GIGANTIC KISS THE GOAT BLACK DOPPELBOCK
Nebulous schwarzbier never catches fire. Indecisive dark-roast mocha malting wavers above chalky cocoa, soy, cola, walnut and port irrelevance. Milk-sugared brown chocolate center needs more prominence. A true goat!
NESHAMINY CREEK NESHAMINATOR
Delightful doppelbock drapes creamy chocolate malting above moderated orange blossom honey adjunct and bittersweet dried fruiting. Chewy brown-sugared prune, raisin and fig illusions pick up mild banana breading as well as tertiary rum-spiced sherry, burgundy and almond wining by the delicate chocolate fruitcake finish.
HEAVY SEAS / TROEGS HOPPELBOCK
On tap at West O, winning dry-hopped doppelbock lager collaboration between Maryland’s Heavy Seas and Pennsylvania’s Troegs brings floral-spiced mango, cherry and red grape tang to bittersweet grapefruit-pineapple-orange serenade. Moderate resinous hop bittering contrasts caramelized Vienna malting.
URBAN CHESTNUT URBANATOR PALE DOPPELBOCK
On tap at Ambulance, heady amber-hazed springtime medium body (with well hidden 8% ABV) brings lemony orange peel briskness to floral dry-hopped spicing, honeyed caramel sweetness and cracker-like pilsner malting. Subtle Chardonnay, lemon meringue, banana and apple undertones endear zesty citrus frontage.
TWO ROADS HENRY’S FARM DOUBLE BOCK LAGER
On tap at Doherty’s, delicately easygoing bock brings dried fig tartness, light molasses sinew, subtle raisin notions and nutty toffee tinge to clean-watered crisping. Subtle leafy hop astringency affects dried-fruited nature.
